College grads are settling outside mega-cities with expensive housing, more Chinese babies are born US citizens in Saipan, and the low cost of a cure for baby's rash sparks discussion – too good to be true?
Graduates stay away from mega-cities
About 61 percent of college graduates in 2013 chose to live and work in second- or third-tier cities, instead of staying in mega-cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, while the proportion in 2011 was only 46 percent, according to a poll released by Zhaopin.com.
College graduates said their choice was due to the high housing price and difficulty getting hukou, or permanent residency, in first-tier cities.
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American-born babies in Saipan
More Chinese pregnant women are heading to Saipan, part of the Northern Mariana Islands and a US territory, to give birth there, in order to have American-born Chinese babies, ABC TV reported on Monday.
The report said Saipan is only four hours from China by plane and no visa is required for visits up to 45 days. What's more, babies born there are US citizens.
The number of babies born to Chinese mothers in Saipan has increased 35-fold, from just eight in 2009 to 282 in 2012, the report said.
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Unfit for human habitation
Beijing is so heavily polluted that it's not suitable for humans to live, said a report on the development of international cities released by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences on Wednesday.
The report said the ecological index of Beijing was the second-lowest among 40 international cities, and eco problems are the biggest obstacles preventing it from developing into a better city.
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Cheap remedy sparks controversy
A doctor in Zhengzhou, Henan province, gave four pills that cost only 0.04 yuan (less than one US cent) to a 2-year-old child who had a rash, and the child recovered.
The parents of the child shared the experience on Weibo, China's Twitter-like service, and it sparked discussion among netizens, who said the doctor was professional for giving a cheap but effective remedy, while others believed that the pills were not suitable for a child that young.
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Public servants restless
Almost 60 percent of civil servants polled said they used to think about quitting their job, but none of them really did, according to an online survey by Henan Business Daily.
The survey also showed that 60.6 percent admired civil servants and their work.
A total of 1.3 million people registered for the national civil servant exam for 2014.
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White collar worker turns to foot care
A 33-year-old woman from Jiangxi province quit her job as a white collar worker and became a foot care worker in Dongguan, Guangdong province, in order to support her parents and help them build a house of their own.
Liu Xiaoping had been making 2,000 yuan ($330) a month, far from enough to support her parents. So she quit and went to work at a foot bath center, which can bring her a monthly income of 6,000 to 10,000 yuan.
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A woman in Xiamen, Fujian province, carried her boyfriend on her back and waded through a puddle on the road in her high-heeled shoes, and the woman was dubbed by netizens "the best girlfriend in China".
The woman said she wanted to prevent her boyfriend's shoes from getting wet, and she thought he was not heavy.
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Yutu wakes up
China's first lunar rover, Yutu, has woken up but still has some problems that prevent it from resuming its functions, according to Pei Zhaoyu, spokesman for China's lunar program.
Yutu was reported to have experienced mechanical problems on Jan 25 and has been out of commission since then.
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